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The Houses of Louis Kahn George H. Marcus, William Whitaker
Publisher: Yale University Press

Not part of Kahn's design, the bronze head was sculpted after a model made in 1933 by Davidson as he trailed the president around the White House. Apr 4, 2013 - But I will try to process out loud what I have gathered in my few readings about Mies van der Rohe and Louis Kahn in relation to the concept of the open plan. Surely his greatest contribution was to create architecture that was entirely of its day, but also had a timeless quality. Marcus and William Whitaker, the authors of The Houses of Louis Kahn. The Athenaeum of Philadelphia will present its Literary Award for Art and Architecture to George H. Apr 23, 2014 - On May 8, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. Kahn was an astute student of architectural history, and in . Exeter is his attempt to embody, in brick and teak and marble and concrete, the essence of a particular kind of institution: the house of books, the library. Unpublished material and visual proof of the architect's admiration for vernacular American architecture. Kahn: The Library at Phillips Exeter AcademyWiley Publishing | ISBN: 0471288314 | 1997 | PDF | 51 pages | 5.5 Mb The Library at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH, has won the Twenty-Five Year award from the American only for the printing,' he once said. Louis Kahn served as a consultant to the Philadelphia Housing Authority and the United States Housing Authority in 1930s. Feb 24, 2014 - Esherick House by Louis Kahn Sells - After more than two years on the open market and multiple price cuts totaling nearly $1 million, the Margaret Esherick House in Philadelphia finally. It is also long overdue, by almost four decades, from when it was first proposed in 1973. May 4, 2013 - I recently visited the new (38 years in the making) Four Freedoms Memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Louis Kahn, on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan's East River across from the United Nations. Why should we consider him one of the great architects of the 20th century? The Robie House (1910), by Frank Lloyd Wright, remains a no-less-powerful building nearly a century after it created the architect's signature look and helped launch the modern movement in Europe. Worth remembering that he was practicing since early 30s. Jan 17, 2014 - For the first time, here's a study of 9 of Kahn's most important houses. Nov 12, 2013 - Our friends at Yale University Press have offered to give one of our readers a newly released copy of The Houses of Louis Kahn by William Whitaker and Geor. Nov 1, 2012 - Designed as a memorial to the 32nd president, it is now just as much a call to remember its architect: the late lover of form and light, Louis Kahn. He had a deep sense of social responsibility… In 1961 several blocks of houses collapsed causing some deaths and as a result 111 houses were condemned and demolished.